DANTE World Service (DWS) provides commodity IP access, offering NRENs access to the wider, commercial Internet. It is ideal for NRENs who wish to take advantage of the competitive costs, those who do not wish to organise an individual connection to an ISP or those who are keen to add diversity to their existing commodity IP access. | |||||||
DWS allows NRENs to access commodity Internet traffic either through a direct connection to a DWS Internet Service Provider (ISP) or indirectly through their GÉANT IP port. In both cases there is a single bandwidth contract between DANTE and the ISP, meaning that bulk-buying power often brings lower prices than might be available to an individual NREN locally. | |||||||
As GÉANT's remit is to provide capacity for research and education traffic, DWS is not subsidised by EC funding and where possible DANTE arranges a direct interconnection between the contracted ISP and the NREN, thus leaving the GÉANT port free for non-commercial traffic. NRENs can select from two ISPs: Cogent and Level-3. | |||||||
Generally lower charges as NRENs benefit from group buying power in the procurement stage. Tier one transit providers | |||||||
Indirect DWS Prices from 1st Jan 2014 (per Mb per month) 0-999 Mb €1.20 1000-2999 Mb €1.08 3000+ Mb €1.00
Direct DWS The data rates offered by the different ISPs, as well as nonrecurring and recurring charges require custom pricing based upon location. For more information about your local options please contact us: partner-relations@geant.net. GÉANT will also charge an annual admin charge of €7,500 when one provider selected and €12,000 when two providers selected. | |||||||
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Other commercial providers not available from the GÉANT procurement process. | |||||||
Two connection options Direct and Indirect Competitive pricing Tier one suppliers | |||||||
24/7 (first-line) support via the suppliers. Regular surveys carried out by Partner Relations |
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